[ Something complicated passes over his face at the way Kamala says she wants to ‘save the world’ when she’s older. He hopes it goes easier for her. Technically she’s already checked that box, but that’s a teenager for you. ]

It’s different. I’m not supposed to… [ He doesn’t have the words to attempt to explain how lost he feels whenever he considers the possibility of living a second lifetime, maybe outliving his siblings. He doesn’t fit. ] It’s different for me.

[ He shrugs. It doesn’t matter. ]

It does give me more time to try to fix it. Might take me that long.